Container.



F. B. DAVIDSON.

' CONTAINERL APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 191.5.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.A

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FRANK DAVIDSON. 0F MASEILLES. ILLINOIS.` ASSIGNOR T0 HOWE AND DAVIDSON COMPANY, OF MARSEILLES. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

Application filed March 29` 1915.

'[0 117/ rhom- '-t may concern lle it known that I., FRANK B. D xvnisosg a citizen of the United States, and a resident oii'llarseilles, in the county of La Salle and `S'late of Illinois. have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Containers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a i'nll, clear, andv exact description thereof,

articles to theretaill merchant and asa receptacle in which such articles may be kept while in the Shop of the latter, and from which the articles may be convenieztly re moved from time to time when delivered or dispensed to the customer. Containers of the type to which my invention is applicable are those that are provided with sight openings, through which the articles packed in the containers may lie viewed and displayed withoutl opening the same. In a container of the kind referred to, a sheet of transpar ent material is placed over the sight opening applied externally thereagainst; and, further,.to improve the construction of the protector, so that the same will be held against sidewiseI or lateral shifting within the container, and, moreover, to provide a protector that may be readily and easily with- -drawn or removed lfrom thel packed conta iner without opening the container.

The invention consists in the matters hereiuafter described and moi'e particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of. a container provided with a sight opening in its front.

wall, the removable panel forming the con,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A ug, 24J) 1915,

Serial No. 17,611.

ter ot' such openingr being shown as left in position: said figure also shows a protector constructed in accordance with my invention placed over the transparent sheet covering said sight opening; Fig. isa similar View of the container, with the panell removed;

Fig. 3 is a fragn'ie-ntary. vertical, sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 9.; Fig. 4 is .a fragmentary top plan view of the container; F ig. 5 is a fragmentary, transverse, sectional view taken on line. of Fig. l;

Fi". (i isa view in Jt'ront elevation ot the irol tector. embodying the features ot my invention; and F ig. 7 is a fragmentary, vertical,

sectional, view showing the protector inserted between the container wall and the transparent sheet, uistead of being located back ot the transparent sheet as s'hown inlfigs. l, 2 and 3.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown a box or container, -known as a caddy, for containing crackers, biscuits or other like bakery goods, as well as other articles of merchandise in bulk. and which is adapted for use both in shipping such articles and as a receptacle in which the articles may be kept while in' the store of the retail merchant. Said container is preferably made of sheet material, such as heavy paper-board, straw-board, or thelike, and is formed from a` flat blank made from a sheet of such material. As illustrated, said container is ot' tubular form and comprises four connected upright walls: a front wall 10. sidewalls 11 and` l2, a rear wall 13, a.' bottom wall 14, and a top wall l5. The bottom wall 14 may be constructed in any manner desired, but, as shown in the drawings, said bottom wall embraces a plurality ot interfolded flaps made integral with the -upright walls of the container. The two flaps 16, 17 areconnected, respectively, to the side walls 11, 12, and, when interfolded to form the bottom Wall of the container. said fiaps 16, 17overlap each other along their meeting margins. The top wall 15, as shown, is in the form of a lid, preferably hinged to the rear wall 13, so that the container may be readily opened and closed. Said lid 15 is provided ou its front margin with a dependii'i?,l vFlange 1S, adapted, when tlielid is closed. t0 overlap the upper portion of Athe front Wall of the container.

In orderthat the articles contained .in the i Aso container may be viewed and displayed, without opening the container, the latter is provided in one of its upright walls with a sight opening. over which is placed a sheet of transparent material, such as a gelatin sheet. transparent Celluloid, or the like.

The sight opening is formed by cutting out or removin f a portion of the wall. As shown in the drawings, the `sight Aopening is provided in the front wall 10 ofthe container, but it is .to be understood, of course, that said sight opening 'maybe formed in anv of the other upright walls thereof.

ln Fig. 1 of the drawings, the sight opening is formed by providing a removable panel 19 in tliefront wall 10 thereof Said panel 19 is'formcdby a portion of 'the wall itself, and is partially severed at or around its margins from the said wall, insuch a manner that said panel may be detached therefrom. lhe panel 19 is partially'severed from the wall 10 by means of :a plurality of slits 20. 20. so constructed'as to leave between their ends short connecting tongues 21, 21 sailicient in number to suitably support an integrally connect the panel with the said front wall. Said tonguesl21, 21 may be easily cut by a knife or the 'like when it is desired lto remove the panel from the wall; the openinglr left by reinovingthe anel forming the sight opening.V The sig t opening thus formed is covered lby a transparent sheet 22. Fig. 2 shows the-container after the panel has been ventirely removed from the front wall 10. As shown, said transparent sheet'22 is lar er' than the sight opening, and is applic a einst an inner` face of the'front wa l 10. he transparent sheet, entirely covers the sight opening, and is held in such position y'fiaps 23, 24, formed on the bottoni wall 14 of the container. Said lia s 2B, 24 extend upwardly and overlap the ower margin of the transpai-ent sheet. The lower marginal portion of the transparent sheet is inserted between lsaid flaps and the front wall 10. (See Fig. Il.) As illustrated,y said a s 23, 24 are provided on one of the si e .margins of said flaps 1G, 17 forming the bottom wall of the-container.

In order to protect the transparent sheet from injury, either by being forced or hnlged outwardly through the sight opening hy thel outward pressure thereon of the articles contained in the container, during transportation of thesanie 'from the packer to the retail merchant, Iprovide a protector 25, adapted to vbe placed Within the container to cover that, portion of the trans- Aarent sheet extending over the sig'ht opening. A's illustrated, the'protector 25 conslats of a sheet of paper-board or thel like, of suitable thickness, and of auillcent dimansions to extend completely over at least that portion of the transparent sheet covlprotector eringtlie sight opening. The protector may be inserted, either between the transparent sheet and the front wall of the container, or between the transparent sheet and the articles in the container. In either case the extends beyond the margins of the siglitopening. \Vlietlier inserted between vthe yfront wall of the box and the transparent sheet, or between the latter and the articlesinthe box, sight opening, and serves to prevent the trans iarent sheet from being forced outwardly'throu h'the sight opening by the contents'of .tige/container. l s shown, the protector 25 is of a siillicient length to extend 'the'full depth of the container, and extends upwardly betweon'the front wall l0 and the llange 18 on 'the lid of the box. To facilitate removal of the protector 25 from 'the container, said protector is provided on its upper margin with a pall tab 26, which proJects beyond thebody of the protector and is divided therefrom by a score or fold line 27, along which the flap may be folded to occupy a position at right angles to the body o the protector. lhe lower margin of the rotector 25 is cat away, intermediate its en s, teprovide a recess 28, adapted, when the protector is applied against theinn'er f ace of the transparent sheet 22, to receive the upriglit'flaps 23, 24 on'the bottom 'wa'll ofthe container. (See Figs. 1, '2 and 3.) The portions 29, 29 on each side o'f the recess rest on the bottom .wall of the box at each side of the iiaps 23, 24. The opposed side margins of said parts 29, 29 abut laterally against 'the adjacent margins of the flaps 23, 24, and the protector is lield from moving sidewise or shifting4 laterally. The protector 25, when inserted'between the articles in the container andthe transparent sheet 22, is removably held against the latter bv such articles,'and the pull tab 26 lies fiatwise against the outer face of the lid 15 or bcnea'th the lid when, closed on the tab. When the packed container is received by the retail merchant, the pull tab 29 is grasped and, by an upward pull thereon, the protector withdrawn from the container, 'thereby nncovering the sight oienin The transparent sheet 22 is not t istur wed. The articles'in the box may then be viewed without raising or 'Llfting the lid thereof.

When the removable panel 19 is left in the wall ofV the container and the latter is used as the shipping receptacle, the protector 25 may be inserted between the panel and the transparent sheet 22, and the protector will prevent the transparent sieet l2 from hein cut or damaged by the knife or other imiemcnt `used in severing or eattingthe ongaea 21, 21 upon removing the panel.

The parts 29, 29 on the protector 25 and the I the protector closes the 7 -liaps 23,24 on the bottom wall of theeontainer constitutecoacting parts on the protector and container, which coacting parts serve to holdthe protector against siden' lisemovement. By providingsuch coacting.' parts, the protector need only' be made wide enough to entirely cover the sight opening, or, in other words, that portonof the transparent sheet the-inner face of the transparent sheet, said extending over'the Sight opening. Should the eoacting parts be omitted, theprotectorl need be made wide enough to cover the sight opening, even though the protector be moved far enough to one side to contact with 'one 'of the side walls of the container.'

When the protector is 'applied against protector. serves in effect as the front wall of the container and protects the transparency from injury during the'packing of lthe container. f Y

W'hether the protector is inserted between the lcox wall and the transparent sheet, or located between the latter and the contents .4- of .the container, said protector serves both as Aa protector and as 'a closure for the sight opening, and thereby enables a container' with the center of the sight opening'entirely removed in the first instance being used with satisfactory 'results as a shipping receptacle. The protector vherein `shown and described may be-readily applied and removed from the container, and serves its purpose' etliciently as av protector for the transparency.

A protector embodying the features of construction set forth, may bevariously modified with respect to the details, and I do not therefore desire to be limited to the specific construction illustrated except as pointed ont in the appended claims.l

l claim as my invention: v 1.. A container, having one of its'walls made of sheet material and having a sight opening forniedf'therein by removing af portion of said wall, ia sheet of transparent material .loca-ted in a position to cover `the sight opening formi-.din saidwall, and a protector for said transparent sheet located in said container .and adapted to be completely .\\'ithdra.\vn therefrom, :aid protector, when in said container. being removably-applied against said transparent sheet and coni-- pletely cowl-ing the portions thereof extending over said sight opening.

" A container. having one of its walls made ot' sheet material and having a sight opening formed therein by removing a poi'-v Cin of said wall, a sheet of transparent material larger than said sight opening and located in said container in a position to cover said sight opening. and a protector toi" said transparent shert located in said container and adapted to be conipletily \\"ithdrawn therefrom. said protector, when located in said container, being removably applied against the inner lace ol" said transhaving a sight'opening torna-l in one ot its walls by removing a portion olt said wall, a transparent sheet larger than the sight opening, applied againstthe inner face of4 said wall and (-xending over '.hesaid sight opening'forn ed therein. and a protector tor said transpar-=nt sheet located viii vsaid containe and adapted to be completely withdrawn therefrom, said protector. when located in said container. beingremovably applied against the 'inner face of said transparent sheet and completely covering the portion thereof extending over said sight opening.

4. A container made of sheet material and having a sight opening formed in one ot' its walls by removing a portioirof said wall. a. transparent sheet larger than the sightopening, located in 'said container in a .position to corerV the sight opening formed in said wall,;' means for holding said'transparent lsheet in 'position to cover said sight opening, comprising a flap onone of the walls of said container and located in a position to oversheet, and. a protector forfsaid transparent sheet located -in said container and adapted to becoinpletely withdrawn therefrom, said protector, when located inl said container, being-removably applied against said trans- .parent sheetv and completely covering the portion thereof extending over said sight opening.

i container made of sheet material and having a sight opening torni'ed in onel of its walls by removing va portion from said wall, a transparent sheet larger' than the sight opening, applied against the inner tace of said wall and' extending over the` sight opening formed therein, and a protector for said transparent sheet located insaid container and adapted to be; completely \\'ithdrawi'i therefrom, said protector, when located in said container, being removably applied against the inner face of said transparent sheet and completely covering the portion thereof extending over said sight opening, -said protector heilig narrower than the wall against which said transparent sheet is applied. andsaid protector and one. of the walls of the. container having enacting parts Walls by removing a portion of said walha 'transparent sheet'locatml in position in said container to extend over the sight opening` formed insaid wall, and a protector for said transparci't sheet located in said container "and, adapted to be completely withdrawn therefmm, -said protector, when located in said container, being removably 'applied against said transparent sheet and completel y covering lthe 'portion thereof extendi'ng over said sight opening, said protector being orovded wi'tli a tab adapted to be -gi-a'spec for withdrawing the protector from `the container. i

7. A container made of-slieetmaterial and haviii a sight opening formed -in onelof its walls llay removing a portion of -sa-id wall, a 4transparent sheet appliedagainst the inner face of said wa'll and extending over said sight opening formed therein, and a protector for said trans )arent sheet -located in said container an *ada ted to be coinpletely withdrawn there rom, -said protector, when located in said container being applied against the inner face of said transparent sheet and completely-'covering the portion thereof extending' over said sight opening, said protector being narrower than the wall against which 4'said transparent sheet is vap ilied, and said protector and the bottom wa l of thc container having coacting parts adapted to prevent lateral shifting ot' the rotector with respect to the transparent s eet.

8. A 'container made of sheet material and having a si lit opening formed in one of its upright wal s'by removing a portion of said wall, a transparent sheet lai-ger than the sight opening, a plied against the inner face'of the said wal in a position to cover the 'sight opening -formed therein, means for holding said transparent sheet in position against said wall, comprising a yflap made integral with 'the bottom wa 1 -of wall and having a recess formed therein to receive said Hap.

In testimony, that I, claim the foregoing as my invention I .allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of March A. D. 1915.

FRANK B. DAVIDSON.

Witnesses:

A. L. JORDAN, G. C. DAvinsoN.

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